Advanced biomedical imaging for accurate discrimination and prognostication of mediastinal masses

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BACKGROUND: To investigate the potential of radiomic features and dual-source dual-energy CT (DECT) parameters in differentiating between benign and malignant mediastinal masses and predicting patient outcomes.

METHODS: In this retrospective study, we analysed data from 90 patients (38 females, mean age 51 ± 25 years) with confirmed mediastinal masses who underwent contrast-enhanced DECT. Attenuation, radiomic features and DECT-derived imaging parameters were evaluated by two experienced readers. We performed analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Chi-square statistic tests for data comparison. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis and Cox regression tests were used to differentiate between mediastinal masses.

RESULTS: Of the 90 mediastinal masses, 49 (54%) were benign, including cases of thymic hyperplasia/thymic rebound (n = 10), mediastinitis (n = 16) and thymoma (n = 23). The remaining 41 (46%) lesions were classified as malignant, consisting of lymphoma (n = 28), mediastinal tumour (n = 4) and thymic carcinoma (n = 9). Significant differences were observed between benign and malignant mediastinal masses in all DECT-derived parameters (p ≤ .001) and 38 radiomic features (p ≤ .044) obtained from contrast-enhanced DECT. The combination of these methods achieved an area under the curve of .98 (95% CI, .893-1.000; p < .001) to differentiate between benign and malignant masses, with 100% sensitivity and 91% specificity. Throughout a follow-up of 1800 days, a multiparametric model incorporating radiomic features, DECT parameters and gender showed promising prognostic power in predicting all-cause mortality (c-index = .8 [95% CI, .702-.890], p < .001).

CONCLUSIONS: A multiparametric approach combining radiomic features and DECT-derived imaging biomarkers allows for accurate and noninvasive differentiation between benign and malignant masses in the anterior mediastinum.

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:53

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European journal of clinical investigation - 53(2023), 12 vom: 12. Dez., Seite e14075

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mahmoudi, Scherwin [VerfasserIn]
Gruenewald, Leon D [VerfasserIn]
Eichler, Katrin [VerfasserIn]
Martin, Simon S [VerfasserIn]
Booz, Christian [VerfasserIn]
Bernatz, Simon [VerfasserIn]
Lahrsow, Maximilian [VerfasserIn]
Yel, Ibrahim [VerfasserIn]
Gotta, Jennifer [VerfasserIn]
Biciusca, Teodora [VerfasserIn]
Mohammed, Hanin [VerfasserIn]
Ziegengeist, Nicole Suarez [VerfasserIn]
Torgashov, Katerina [VerfasserIn]
Hammerstingl, Renate M [VerfasserIn]
Sommer, Christof M [VerfasserIn]
Weber, Christophe [VerfasserIn]
Almansour, Haidara [VerfasserIn]
Bucolo, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
D'Angelo, Tommaso [VerfasserIn]
Scholtz, Jan-Erik [VerfasserIn]
Gruber-Rouh, Tatjana [VerfasserIn]
Vogl, Thomas J [VerfasserIn]
Koch, Vitali [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Artificial intelligence
Iodine
Journal Article
Mediastinal neoplasm
Mediastinum
Multidetector computed tomography
Thymoma

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Date Completed 22.11.2023

Date Revised 22.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/eci.14075

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM360714803